Well MZ ran well the majority of the time but I needed to delete the Game Data a few times as the game would hard freeze on the intro to MZ. For BS, well I needed to delete the Game Data 7 times and it was a nightmare to play. The framerate is really, really bad. I am not exaggerating the 1fps trust me.
The Official Fallout 3 thread of post-apocalyptic proportions!
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Messypandas
Member
so i just finished the main storyline and apart from the absolutely diabolical ending i'm considering the DLC. I'm just wondering how it works
Your character dies so are you someone else in the DLC? Can you access the other side quests which i missed out on because of the ending?
Messypandas
Member
Rickard said:
Thanks. Does it open the map again so i continue looking around or am i beamed directly to the DLC parts?
Vercingetorix
Banned
Messypandas said:
You can continue exploring everything if you have Broken Steel, as in other open world games like Oblivion.
The world is slightly changed too, obviously the water purifier is operating and there are water caravans and stuff. And a few new areas added from the DLC.
Mothership Zeta was awesome, they nailed the alien archetypes. Framerate took a hit at times, but it was understandable given the ridiculous amount of crazy flashing alien stuff they had on screen.
RadAndrew502
Member
:lol at all the people that went through subway tunnels to get to the library.
Vercingetorix
Banned
What library?
One lame thing about the DLC in Fallout 3 is that all of the new enemies they introduce have just stupid amounts of health, it's completely inconsistent with the rest of the game. There's a new ghoul that has 1500 health: 3 times as much as a deathclaw or sentry bot and it does way more damage than either. It's ridiculously unbalanced and makes no sense. Same with the albino radscorpion, which is just a normal giant radscorpion with 5 times the health. So now the wasteland is populated, at high levels, with even more lethal enemies.
At first Fallout 3 didn't look like it suffered from the same levelling problems that Oblivion had, but now with the DLC it really does. When you run around the wasteland at level 3 you run into molerats and giant ants, and when you run around at level 25 you run into nothing but deathclaws, sentry bots and albino radscorpions. Your character doesn't really get more powerful relative to the enemies that are just swapped out for more powerful ones as you level.
Even the random swampfolk in Point Lookout have like 4 times the health of a super mutant. Its unfortunate that Bethesda went the easy way out with just giving enemies stupid amounts of health rather than finding another way to make the game challenging at high levels.
One lame thing about the DLC in Fallout 3 is that all of the new enemies they introduce have just stupid amounts of health, it's completely inconsistent with the rest of the game. There's a new ghoul that has 1500 health: 3 times as much as a deathclaw or sentry bot and it does way more damage than either. It's ridiculously unbalanced and makes no sense. Same with the albino radscorpion, which is just a normal giant radscorpion with 5 times the health. So now the wasteland is populated, at high levels, with even more lethal enemies.
At first Fallout 3 didn't look like it suffered from the same levelling problems that Oblivion had, but now with the DLC it really does. When you run around the wasteland at level 3 you run into molerats and giant ants, and when you run around at level 25 you run into nothing but deathclaws, sentry bots and albino radscorpions. Your character doesn't really get more powerful relative to the enemies that are just swapped out for more powerful ones as you level.
Even the random swampfolk in Point Lookout have like 4 times the health of a super mutant. Its unfortunate that Bethesda went the easy way out with just giving enemies stupid amounts of health rather than finding another way to make the game challenging at high levels.
Messypandas
Member
Vercingetorix said:
God damn this fucking sucks. I had loads of other places on the map to visit (Fort Constantine i think) and i thought the world would open up after the ending. I dunno what possessed Bestheda to make such an ending. I even had the nice Super Mutant with me but the ahole wouldn't go in and punch the code
RadAndrew502
Member
Vercingetorix said:
With the right perks, and using the correct weapons for the situation, you should be kicking ass above level 25 even with the more difficult enemies even on "Hard."
palpabl_purpura
Member
I was soo wrong about this game. It literally wasted my entire weekend because of how addicting it is. The problem is, it starts very slowly. You have no money, thus cannot buy equipment, thus cannot repair equipment, ammo, etc. Now I'm with Jerico, and having a blast. CPU seems deadly accurate at long range however, which is annoying. I'm even considering buying the DLC.
HiccupTruck
Member
So, apparently the squad of T-51b troopers (in Operation: Anchorage - PS3) don't want to let me into the Chinese outpost after I deactivate the pulse field.
Thanks, Bethesda!
Thanks, Bethesda!
HooCares said:
The PS3 version is fine, at least now that they patched out the PSN notification throws the game into a freeze for a few minutes while those are on screen, so you can't play the game. That was there on launch...
As far as performance, VATS will probably chug on the PS3 (but it chugs in other versions as well, IIRC?) and the DLC is broken (at least if this thread is anything to go by). Then again the DLC was broken on launch for the 360 and PC as well.
Really, it's down to preference. If you like the PS3 controller get it on PS3. There are few quibbles but it's a passable (at least in Bethesda terms) port.
360 version is PC parity in performance and shit though. PS3 is the redheaded stepchild for Beth.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
I learned this (the hard way) from Oblivion: multiple saves. Always. I rotate between 5 saves while playing this game and it has already saved me once, as the game would not allow the chinese general to talk to me after autoloading, thus not allowing me to complete operation anchorage.AnonymousNoob said:
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
Was VAT's lag always this bad ? At launch i cant remember it being so bad, but now with all the patches and DLC included, it seems to have gotten really frickin bad. PC version btw.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
Solo said:
our little boy is growing up.
arg.. I had F3 + BS installed and I had the quest to go get the Telsa Coil.. I uninstalled it all to make space for other things on my HD and when I came back I forgot to redownload BS and now my quest has gone.. is there any way to get it back now I re downloaded BS? I need Paladin Tristin I would assume but he's nowhere to be found.
Saint10118
Member
DarthWoo said:
Aside from being well worth the price imo, the only cheaper way to go about getting the DLC is to put yourself on the list in the "FREE to a good home" thread for the standalone disks that people download to their hard drive then send on to the next person. Last I checked it was still being tossed around. I think Target also had the game for $40 (sold out online).
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
So, I just Platinum'd this game and have Operation Anchorage done. Gotta say, this game gets crazy buggy the further one gets. I don't know if its the Broken Steel expansion or what. There were times where my game straight froze for about a minute or two before unfreezing.
It gets really janky and messed up, man. I can no longer enter Paradise Falls or the Super Duper Mart because the game hangs when trying to load those areas. Lucky for me I still had one more working option left for the Nukacola Challenge. Now I'm kind of dreading the idea of playing the last 4 DLC packs that I have left.
It gets really janky and messed up, man. I can no longer enter Paradise Falls or the Super Duper Mart because the game hangs when trying to load those areas. Lucky for me I still had one more working option left for the Nukacola Challenge. Now I'm kind of dreading the idea of playing the last 4 DLC packs that I have left.
Fox Mulder
Member
jett said:Been playing the PC version...10 hours in, and it's pretty great so far. I'm still undecided on whether I should blow up Megaton or not.
dooo itttt...
astroturfing
Member
Bethesda actually responded to my e-mail complaint about the constant freezing in the PS3 DLC content. i suggest anyone having problems with the content should e-mail them too, maybe they'll patch it. they really said that they're looking into it. so, if more people pressure them...
bkfount said:
I did it to see what would happen...couldn't go through it. Loaded up my last save and smashed Tenpenny's brains instead. I like being the hero!
20 hours in and this game is just flat out amazing. The Republic of Dave was :lol. The scope, the atmosphere, the amount of variety and options you have, it's all really impressive. I was missing out.
Where do I find my pet dog btw?
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
jett said:I did it to see what would happen...couldn't go through it. Loaded up my last save and smashed Tenpenny's brains instead. I like being the hero!
20 hours in and this game is just flat out amazing. The Republic of Dave was :lol. The scope, the atmosphere, the amount of variety and options you have, it's all really impressive. I was missing out.
Where do I find my pet dog btw?
Northeast of Minefield. You should use the official Fallout 3 wiki. It's awesome, to say the least.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
jett said:I did it to see what would happen...couldn't go through it. Loaded up my last save and smashed Tenpenny's brains instead. I like being the hero!
20 hours in and this game is just flat out amazing. The Republic of Dave was :lol. The scope, the atmosphere, the amount of variety and options you have, it's all really impressive. I was missing out.
Where do I find my pet dog btw?
It is kind of a nice surprise to just find him randomly, but, if you really want to know:
Junkyard
Edit, Whoa, beaten by forever. Let me second the Fallout 3 wiki linked above. It is really great.
kyo_daikun
Member
astroturfing said:
The only DLC I had major problems with was point lookout which was the one I was looking forward to the most, mothership zeta was fine until the very end so I was quite impressed.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
kyo_daikun said:
I still have Broken Steel, The Pitt, & Point Lookout left before I 100% Fallout 3. I really need a break after Mothership Zeta, though. It was fine performance-wise, other than it really really sucked :lol
Eyemus Lutt
Member
So I just finished playing Fallout 3 and overall it was a bit above average.
I seriously had issues with the crappy combat outside of VATS, they should have taken that whole part out or just made a better shooting foundation like Borderlands which is also based on stats and being an RPG. I shouldn't have to wait until I'm 3/4 of the way through before I'm competent with guns outside of VATS.
I also was confused as hell about the ending,
Simple stuff like that put me off.
I just ordered Oblivion GOTY and hope that I like that game more than Fallout as that type of setting appeals to me alot more, however I'm fairly sure that the combat is even shittier than Fallout 3.
I seriously had issues with the crappy combat outside of VATS, they should have taken that whole part out or just made a better shooting foundation like Borderlands which is also based on stats and being an RPG. I shouldn't have to wait until I'm 3/4 of the way through before I'm competent with guns outside of VATS.
I also was confused as hell about the ending,
As I had Fawkes the mutant with me and he could have easily gone in the chamber and activated it, instead of being a choice between me and the woman.
I just ordered Oblivion GOTY and hope that I like that game more than Fallout as that type of setting appeals to me alot more, however I'm fairly sure that the combat is even shittier than Fallout 3.
Eyemus Lutt said:
Fallout 3 was released with a bug list as long as your arm. And Bethesda was so arrogant about the ending ... I wish I could find the quote from the developer about it. No paraphrase could do it justice.
Anyway, the ending is fixed with one of the DLC add ons. Broken Steel, I think.
Well that was a lame conclusion. Took me a bit less than 40 hours with almost every proper side-quest. Funny how the optional quests are all way way WAY better than those in the storypath. All in all a really awesome game, some other games talk about being good/evil *coughasseffectcough*, but this is the one game that truly makes me think and feel about the choices I make. Whatever Bethesda makes next, I'm there.
I dunno, I think I'm all out-fallout'd by now.
All in all a really awesome game, some other games talk about being good/evil *coughasseffectcough*, but this is the one game that truly makes me think and feel about the choices I make. Whatever Bethesda makes next, I'm there.Ledsen said:
I dunno, I think I'm all out-fallout'd by now.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah that kinda ruined the game for me too. By the time the cap was raised I forgot what I was doing (outside of the stuff that gets logged) and had pretty much lost interest.jett said:
gregor7777
Banned
Do yourself a favor and get it on the PC.
Certain mods fix nearly all the "broken" areas of Oblivion.
MC Safety said:
You posted the quote yourself in this thread :lol
And yes, that quote is fucking annoying.
They got the look and feel down, they just need to hire better writers.
So, I started a new game recently with all the DLCs installed and ran into a pretty annoying bug. I can sometime hear Three-Dog yapping about how
even though I'm still at the beginning of the game.
I know some people have also experienced this, but I haven't heard of any fix. I tried google, but found nothing. Any help?
I saved the wasteland with the waters of life, etc
I know some people have also experienced this, but I haven't heard of any fix. I tried google, but found nothing. Any help?
I just now started playing this game after getting it for xmas (yes, last xmas). It took me this long to clear out my back log, and after a sudden impulse to play through the entire Halo series again, I jumped into Fallout.
Good lord I'm loving it and really taking my time. I always feel pressed for ammo though, I'm hoping this becomes less of an issue as I progress. I'm currently a level 7.
Good lord I'm loving it and really taking my time. I always feel pressed for ammo though, I'm hoping this becomes less of an issue as I progress. I'm currently a level 7.
I'm thinking about getting the game of the year edition for xmas. Now that I have a month off for winter break I feel like I could probably get into a game like this. What's the time until the game really starts to grab you though? I rented it when it first came out to see what it was all about but I kind of stopped almost like right after I got out of the vault. I know these games typically have a slow start to them before people tend to get really hooked.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
So, I catassed the DLC - it took me around 25 hours to get all the achievements and do all the sidequests.
Overall, I'm still mixed about the game. It still feels kind of dead and empty, but it's also different enough from everything else out there that I didn't mind that there were no people around.
As for the DLC itself, the gear was just tremendously useful. The Suit from one DLC and the silenced rifle from another basically makes you a sneak critical machine. After I got those two items, I basically stealthed my way through the rest of the DLC (and the back half of my main story campaign - I needed to get to 30 after all).
I did like some of the touches of Broken Steel, even if the new ending seems very hacky. I know they couldn't go back and have every single NPC react to you different based on your choices, but the small things they did do were nice.
I don't know. I have a feeling that Fallout 4 will be more of the same, which is almost unfortunate. I think they need to just reconsider the whole living world gamebryo thing and try to create a more "filled out" world instead. Or hell, maybe they could implement a real party system and give you some companions to break up the loneliness.
Overall, I'm still mixed about the game. It still feels kind of dead and empty, but it's also different enough from everything else out there that I didn't mind that there were no people around.
As for the DLC itself, the gear was just tremendously useful. The Suit from one DLC and the silenced rifle from another basically makes you a sneak critical machine. After I got those two items, I basically stealthed my way through the rest of the DLC (and the back half of my main story campaign - I needed to get to 30 after all).
I did like some of the touches of Broken Steel, even if the new ending seems very hacky. I know they couldn't go back and have every single NPC react to you different based on your choices, but the small things they did do were nice.
I don't know. I have a feeling that Fallout 4 will be more of the same, which is almost unfortunate. I think they need to just reconsider the whole living world gamebryo thing and try to create a more "filled out" world instead. Or hell, maybe they could implement a real party system and give you some companions to break up the loneliness.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Razorskin said:
mine was longer. probably something around 10 hours. after you get your own house stuff starts flowing gradually. finished all expansions and game at a total of 100h
StormyTheRabbit
Member
bjork said:
I've hears quite the opposite. Actually, most people say the game is broken WITHOUT Broken Steel. Then again I don't know anyone personally with a PS3 to ask them. But I'm expecting you to hear that some are required for long-term playing and some are a waste of cash. But I don't think any are game-breaking.
My 2 cents.